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Shakespeare called sleep the chief nourisher in life's feast.
莎翁稱睡眠為生命筵席的主要營養(yǎng)。
But today we know it's so much more.
但現(xiàn)如今我們對睡眠則了解的更多。
Insufficient sleep contributes to the risk of cardiovascular disease, diabetes and obesity.
睡眠不足會引發(fā)心血管疾病、糖尿病及肥胖癥病發(fā)風(fēng)險。
And now a study finds that too little or too much sleep are both associated with a significant increase in sick days away from work.
而現(xiàn)在一項研究發(fā)現(xiàn)，睡眠太多或太少都會顯著增加我們患病請假的幾率。
Almost 4,000 men and women between 30 and 64 years old participated in the study, which followed them for seven years.
30至64歲年齡段的4000名男女參與了這項研究，研究人員追蹤他們達(dá)7年之久。
The research revealed that the absence from work due to illness increased dramatically for those who said they slept less than six hours or more than nine hours per night.
研究表明那些稱自己睡眠時間每晚少于6小時或多于9小時的人們因病誤工的時間明顯增加。
The sleep time that was associated with the lowest number of sick days was seven hours 38 minutes for women and seven hours 46 minutes for men.
研究還發(fā)現(xiàn)因病請假天數(shù)最少的女性的睡眠時間是每天7小時38分，男性則是7小時46分鐘。
The study is in the journal Sleep.
這項研究已經(jīng)在《睡眠》雜志上發(fā)表。
Of course these findings are associative and not necessarily causal.
當(dāng)然這些發(fā)現(xiàn)之間并沒有聯(lián)系而且不存在因果必然關(guān)系。
Other factors may be responsible for the under-or oversleeping to begin with.
其他因素也可能導(dǎo)致睡眠不足或睡過頭。
But sleep patterns are still a warning sign for increased illness and health complications.
但是睡眠模式仍然是導(dǎo)致疾病及引發(fā)健康病癥的一個警告信號。
Shakespeare put it best:Sleep…that knits up the ravell'd sleave of care.
正如莎翁說的好:睡眠織起萬千愁緒。
